Science Artificial tongue's nanoscale "tastebuds" can sort real whisky from counterfeits more than 99% of the time Cory Doctorow

design Instead of plastic bottles, here's drinking water in an edible blob Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Wearable pop-up personal tent David Pescovitz

google Indigenous elder on Sidewalk Labs's Toronto consultation: "like being given blankets and gun powder and whisky to trade for our participation" Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism Glenlivet's marketing stunt: whiskey in lozenge form Cory Doctorow

happy mutants A list of all the booze in Casablanca (surprisingly long!) Cory Doctorow

Sex Regular says she was banned from eating at the bar at Manhattan's scammy Nello restaurant because she might be a sex-worker Cory Doctorow

Reviews Japanese Whisky: beautiful book about the best booze east of Glen Garioch Rob Beschizza

Weird Man donates frostbitten digits to Canadian bar to use as a cocktail garnish Seamus Bellamy

eff RIP John Perry Barlow, 1947-2018 Cory Doctorow

happy mutants One bourbon, one Scotch, one tequila Cory Doctorow

happy mutants London! I'll be at Pages of Hackney tonight with Olivia Sudjic! (then Liverpool, Birmingham, Hay…) (!) Cory Doctorow

Japan Watch this killer Sammy Davis Jr. TV commercial for Suntory Whisky (1974) David Pescovitz

luggage Cart your booze in this classy Louis Vuitton suitcase bar David Pescovitz

Business All your booze comes from a handful of titanic global corporations Cory Doctorow

Yule love this one 45 minutes of Nick Offerman sipping whisky in silence by a yule log Rob Beschizza

science fiction Spider Robinson on "Writer's Tears" Irish whiskey Spider Robinson

tabloids Another fact-challenged week in the latest tabloids Peter Sheridan

alcohol Steamer trunk with built-in minibar David Pescovitz